Jacob Ramsey’s decisive purpose secured a vital 2-1 Premier League victory for , intensifying stress on supervisor and deepening ’s alarming relegation fears.
Tottenham’s dismal home kind, compounded by 11 absentees, is fuelling survival fears, with this newest abject show underscoring the north London membership’s disaster.
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Malick Thiaw’s stoppage-time effort gave Newcastle a deserved half-time lead, resulting in boos for Tottenham’s gamers and chants for former boss Mauricio Pochettino.
Archie Grey equalised within the sixty fourth minute, however Ramsey swept dwelling the winner 4 minutes later, inflicting a fifth defeat in 9 matches on Tottenham, who’ve received simply two of their final 17 league video games.
Frank confronted “you’re getting sacked within the morning” chants from his personal supporters, leaving possession with a serious choice on the pinnacle coach, with their subsequent fixture towards rivals Arsenal simply 12 days away.
This was a gathering between two of the league’s most out-of-form golf equipment and the strain of the event was evident in Tottenham, particularly after two balls flashed over the crossbar from two early Newcastle corners.
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Xavi Simons dragged an effort huge quickly after for Spurs, but it surely did not halt the nervous vitality filtering all through the group.
Willock’s low effort off track solely elevated anxiousness inside Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and when goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario flapped at a catchable cross within the twentieth minute, the disgruntled dwelling fan base have been able to erupt earlier than Ramsey despatched a second strike inches previous the publish.
Tottenham’s checklist of absentees prolonged on the half-hour mark when Wilson Odobert suffered a doubtlessly severe knee damage however the introduction of Mathys Tel was greeted with massive cheers.
It did not halt Newcastle’s momentum and after Dan Burn headed huge, the guests did have the ball within the web.
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Ramsey discovered Willock, who lower inside and curled into the underside nook after 43 minutes, but it surely was dominated out after a VAR intervention with the tip of Willock’s head deemed offside.
The let-off for Spurs was not heeded and Newcastle lastly took the lead in deserved trend within the fifth minute of stoppage time.
After an preliminary nook was cleared, Willock produced a high quality cross to the again publish and though Vicario saved Thiaw’s first header, the Magpies defender confirmed nice want to get to the unfastened ball and fireplace dwelling the opener.
Malick Thiaw headed Newcastle in entrance getting ready to half-time (REUTERS)
Boos adopted at half-time and the second interval was solely 4 minutes previous when Tottenham followers within the South Stand chanted for Pochettino.
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It sparked life into Spurs as Tel unsuccessfully tried his luck from vary earlier than a high quality Grey run teed up Tel for an additional likelihood, however the substitute blazed over.
Pape Sarr compelled Nick Pope into motion for the primary time within the 54th minute and 10 minutes later Tottenham did stage.
A nook from Xavi was headed again throughout purpose by Sarr and Grey nodded in, however dwelling pleasure was short-lived.
Conor Gallagher’s poor move ended a Spurs counter-attack and Anthony Gordon dribbled into the world earlier than he teed up Ramsey to comb dwelling.
Frank turned to his bench with Randal Kolo Muani launched, however Van de Ven fired over Tottenham’s final real likelihood in stoppage time and Frank confronted extra chants for his departure earlier than full-time.
It was despair for Spurs however reduction for Newcastle and Eddie Howe after they ended a run of three straight league defeats.
